Originally Posted by Xiaojie Yu:
Derica's Homework:
I think "the outsider" in this book means bothe the greasers and the scos. They were enmies that usually drove into fight. But I tink the writer was more likely used this special word to describe himself. In the start of the book, he mentioned that he lost his parents but have 2 old brothers and a group of buddies, althogh they seemed like a family but everyone thought he was just a little boy, he was too young to join them. Ponyboy's best friend was tony, the pet of the gung. They can know each other well without saying a word, because bothe of them were lonely and bullied.
Hi Derica, I appreciate that you always hand in your homework assignments on time. You started off your definition with a bang by stating that Socs and greasers are outsiders. You thought outside of the norm of what an “outsider” is. Because being an “outsider” doesn’t mean being poor or in this case a greaser or “hoodlum.” You can be rich, like Cheery Valance, and still be on the outside. Yet, you could have strengthened your definition by giving more details. Also, you summarized portions of the book, but the assignment asked for your definition of what an outsider is. To build on your definition, you could have used Ponyboy, Soda, Darry, and Johnny’s relations as starting points to explore different examples of being on the outside. Lastly, for the first time, it was difficult to read through your work. It had many simple mistakes including run-on sentences. Please dedicate more time to read over your work to correct errors. Remember, you can always seek my help before posting a response on the forum and I will give useful feedback to help elevate your ideas and sentence structure. I strongly encourage you to continue writing, because you have great ideas. 
